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Drive-By Truckers Album/Tour

DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS TO RELEASE BRIGHTER THAN CREATION'S DARK
ON JANUARY 22, 2008
Back Catalogue Vinyl Available February 5

Drive-By Truckers

New West Records will release the Drive-By Truckers' eighth record, Brighter Than Creation's Dark, on January 22, 2008, featuring 19 new songs, many of which were previewed during the band's The Dirt Underneath tour last spring. Heralded by many critics as America's best rock band, DBT will kick off the first leg of a new 29-city tour in support of the album on February 11 in Anaheim, CA. A four-song Brighter Than Creation's Dark EP will be available on December 18 at iTunes and all other DSPs (Rhapsody, Yahoo Music, MSN/Zune). T he EP consists of "Two Daughters And A Beautiful Wife," "3 Dimes Down," "The Righteous Path," and "The Purgatory Line." Back catalog reissues of Gangstabilly; Pizza Deliverance; Decoration Day; The Dirty South; and A Blessing and a Curse will appear February 5, 2008 as Limited Edition, 180 gram vinyl records. This is the first time most of these titles will be available on vinyl.

Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley continue to be DBT's primary songwriters, a relationship that started over twenty-two years ago when the two began playing together. The band's longtime bassist, Shonna Tucker, makes her debut on Brighter Than Creation's Dark as the band's third writer, contributing three of the record's nineteen tracks. Founding member John Neff, who has frequently guested on albums and onstage over the years, is an official member now, playing pedal steel and guitar. He and drummer Brad Morgan round out the band's recording and touring lineup.

Legendary Muscle Shoals keyboardist Spooner Oldham, to whom the album is dedicated, lends his unmistakable classic soul sound to the record, as he did for the band's last tour. The album also marks the sixth time the band has worked with producer David Barbe, whose Chase Park Transduction studio in Athens, GA was the site of last summer's recording.

DBT recently backed R&B vocalist Bettye LaVette on her critically acclaimed, Grammy®-nominated album The Scene of The Crime. The album is nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album and was co-produced by Patterson Hood and long time DBT producer David Barbe.

Go out and see this band!!! They are not making it directly to my city either, but they will be in a few close by. DBT is not a band to F around with, and I guarantee they will bring the ruckus!!! If you want to see a great rock show, this is the band for you.